Emergency Winter Shelter Program Announced

From the Mayor's Office of Communications

November 30, 2005, 11:45 a.m.

The Human Services Agency (HSA) has announced the following schedule for the City's Emergency Winter Shelter Program including the San Francisco Interfaith Council Emergency Winter Shelter Program and shelter site locations.

The following churches will provide overnight emergency shelter for the winter, beginning December 1, 2005 and ending March 31, 2006.

First Friendship Institutional Baptist Church
510 Steiner Street
Capacity of 60 men

Bethel AME Church
916 Laguna
Capacity of 50 beds for families*
*Family is defined as a single parent or couple with a child or children below the age of 18, or pregnant women with or without a partner, who are seven months or more pregnant.

Note that additional winter shelter beds will remain open at:

Providence Baptist Church
1601 McKinnon
Capacity of 45 beds for men and 5 beds for women

Third Baptist Church
1399 McAllister
Capacity of 100 men

PLEASE NOTE: All single adult clients (not families) must reserve beds at winter shelter sites by going to any of the city-funded Resource Centers listed below. Bed reservations will be made for seven night stays.

Multi-Service Center South (24 hours)
525 Fifth at Bryant

McMillan Drop-In Center (24 hours)
39 Fell

Bayview Hope Center (24 hours M-F, 4:00pm-9:00am Sat/Sun)
2115 Jennings

Mission Neighborhood Resource Center (7:00am-7:00pm M-F)
165 Capp

Glide Foundation Resource Center (7:00am-11:00am and 5:00pm-9:00pm)
330 Ellis

Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center (7:00am-8: 30pm)
163 Golden Gate

Canon Kip Senior Center (8:00am-4: 30pm)
705 Natoma

MORESAN FRANCISCO INTERFAITH COUNCIL
2005-2006 INTERFAITH EMERGENCY WINTER SHELTER PROGRAM SHELTER SITE LOCATIONS

This winter's Interfaith Emergency Shelter Program will begin
Sunday, November 20, 2005

All shelter sites will open each night at 7:00pm.

Nov 20 - Dec 17 Trinity Episcopal Church Dinner and Breakfast provided
1668 Bush Street (at Gough)
Capacity of 80 men

Dec 18 - Dec 30 St. Mary's Cathedral Dinner and Breakfast provided
1111 Gough
Capacity of 100 men Enter under the parking lot off Geary. From Geary Street take stairs down to the right to enter Cathedral.

Dec 31 - Jan 14 Trinity Episcopal Church Dinner and Breakfast provided
1668 Bush Street (at Gough)
Capacity of 80 men

Jan 15 - Jan 28 SF Islamic Society Dinner and Breakfast provided 20 Jones Street Enter at front on Jones Street
Capacity of 60 men

Jan 29 - Mar 4 First Unitarian Church Dinner and Breakfast provided 1187 Franklin Street Enter from Starr King Way
Capacity of 80 men

For information on the emergency winter shelter program, please call the Department of Human Services at 415-558-1902.

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